The Sun. — London, England, 1810-05-05 00:00:00

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, 1, ISt!. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL having or dered the .E3tabli,hment of a Mail Ccach between Londonand Brighton, by the Route of Cr9.don, Reigate, " Crawley and Cuckield"—Notice is hereby given, that the said Coach will com mence on Itiondly tie 21st l-at. to start fiont the Bull and Mouth a Quarter before E1 . 71 , t, and arrive at the Hotel, Brighton, about Four A M. Ira,..ing Brighton, at Ten, P. M. and arriving at the General P, , st-Ogice, about Six, A. M. By Cowmand of Hit Majesty's Postmaster-General, ' FRANCIS FREELING, Sec. 1/XTUALLING-01 4 TIC.E, May 4, 181°' THE COMMISSIONERSfor VICTUALLING HIS MA JESTY's NA II Y do hereby 'give Notice, That on Bldg, the 'gib Inst. they will be ready to receive Tenders, in writing ( sealed up), and treat for Typo Hundred Tuns of g,od sound VIRGINIA LEAF TOBACCO ; to be delivered, one half there .f in Six Weeks, and the other half in Six /Peeks afterwards, ill: his Majesty's Viaualling Sun , • at the Ports, and in the Prok:rtions undermentiuned, viz. Tons. Deptford So Portsmouth Plymouth 200 Amd to he paid Jar by Bills, payable with Interest, nine!), dail ajar date. 7 be Conditions of the Contraa may be seen at the Secretary's Office. No regard will be had to any Tender in which the Price shad not be inserted in words at length, or that shall nut be de livered to the Board before One o'Clock on the said Friday, the 1311, Instant, nor unless the Person who makes the T;nder, or some /'e' son on his behalf, attends, to answer when called for, DECLARATION OF THE LIVERYMEN OF LONDON. AT an Adjorarned MEETING of LIVERY MEN, held at the London Tavern on Friday evening, the 4th of May, 18 to, CHRISTOPHER SMITH, Esq. Alderman, in the Chair, The following Address was agreed to, and ordered to be left at this Tavern for the Signatures of those Liverymen who May approve of the same. ADDRESS. At a periOd when attempts ore industriously made to , vilify and degrade the Legislature by the most unfounded Calum nies, aid when resistance to the authority of the House of Commons has endangered the peace of the metropolis, and rendered necessary the interposition of military aid. The Un dersigned Liverymen of London, disapproving of the Reso lutions and P roceedings of the Common Hall, held this day at Guildhall, confidently appeal to their Fellow-Citizens on the necessity,of publicly recording their sentiments on the occasion. Tnat they view with sorrow and indignation the insidious efforts which continue to be made to alienate the affedions of the people frotn the Government ; that they cannot remain ' tranquil and passive spectators of these mischievous endea vours, which having failed in traducing the charader of the Sovereign, are now direded to the production oi contempt and distrust.of that important and essential part of the Legis lathe Body, the House of Comm ons , f or t h e more certain a! , i etPelual introduction of that system of anarchy which has destroyed the last vestige of civil liberty on the Conti nent of Europe. That the condua of these factious individuals is in dired opposition to the principles which they protess, and contrary to those maxims which have contributed to promote the hap pincss of mankind ; for though they pretend to be influenced by the genuine principles of liberty, yet they refuse to others that freedom of sentiment and opinion which they exercise themselves without restriction, limit or controul ; and though violently clamorous for Reform, their recent conduct affords a manifest proof that their real object is the subver sion of the Constitution ; and that they seek to accomplish this destruCtive projed by misleading the minds of the ig noraut, and by inflaming the passions of the desperate. That these inflammatory proceedings, dangerous at all times, are peculiarly so at the present awful and very ardu ous crisis, and, unless actively resisted by the united effiarts of those well-disposed and well-affeded persons, of whatever party, who adire re the principles of the Revolution, which happily for the raligious and civil liberties of Britons, led to the eat iblishment of the House of Brunswick on the Throne of these Realms, and who r vere the Constitution as then lay Iv existi,g by 1.4,,y, May pryclue,. Sir/ quences fatal 'to our Freedom and Lndependence as a Nation; it being the invariable practice of the Ruler of France, to distract and divide the inhabitants of those Countries which he is so desirous to conquer and destroy. That, under these circumstances, the undersigned Livery men esti() it their Fellow-Citizens to bury in oblivion all parry feelings ; to rally round the Throne of their venerable Monarch ; and to prove to the world than he has not any bubjeas moot loyal than h's faithful Citizens of London, or more grateful for the paternal adedion with which he has watched over the happiness and welfare of his people. That they rely with confidence on their Representatives in Parliarnent,convinced that every retrenchment consistent with the public safety and prosperity will be made ; and they trust that the Members of both Houses of Parliament will never be deterred by the intimidating influence of the multitude on the one hand, or by any unconstitutional interposition o f th e Crown on the other, from the adoption ofsuch moderate sys tems of Reform as may be requisite, from the progress of time, and as may be consistent with the principles of the Consti tution, and the Laws of the Land. That in reviewing the relative situation of this country with others, the Livery of London have much to rejoice at, and little to regret ; they wish the people to corn pare the bles snags wh:chthey now enjoy with those of former periods, or with those which are now possessed by the inhabitants of" other countries ; and to examine whether civil and religious liberty, the secure possession of property, the rqual and im partial administration of justice, were ever enjoyed in great er purity than at the present time. Such being the happiness which, under Divine Providence, the Citizens of London now possess, in common with the rest of his Majesty's subjects, this appeal to their patriotism, will not be made in vain—their good sense will point out to tli.nn the propriety of concurring in this public expression of the principles and loyalty of such of the Livery as disapprove and condemn the proceedings of the Common Hall; and the necessity of avowing, unequivocally, their fixed determina tion to support the Constitution of the Country as by Law established ; to maintain unimpaired the Privileges of both Houses of Parliament; to resist all factious attempts at in govat ion ; to place their unshaken confidence in the virtues of the King ; in the wisdom of the Legislature ; and the purity pf the judges of the. Land ; and to exert their best endeavours to imptess on the minds of ail those who are connected with them; a reverence tor, and " willing obedience" to the Laws, and ale unalterable attachment fur true interests of their Country. (Signed) Christopher Smith john Atkins William Jacob Henry Blaxland Jacob Boak Samuel l;ixon Joseph Welch Daniel Britten William Graham George Fryer William Gould, jun. Richaid Mounttord Edwaill Hughes Nathaniel Brickwood John Adcock Lancelot Shsrp Joseph Cough Edward Poynder R. fatties Hewatt Tabez Beynon Richard Abbey • ' it'. Strong Wells john Hamman ohn Paterson Richard Jennies A. E. Nash P. Leonard R. Spooner lohn Champion .AnclreriLawrie Thomas Laing Fair kdWard Kenabl9 lohn Pugh R. H. Martin Nathaniel Atcheson Robert placksley Elliott Seri y W hi; s. 100 Richard Knight W. F. Gardner Matt. Lucas C. A. Nash Crichton Horn John William Goss Thomas Lott Robert Bulcock Richard Mllock Martin Cutler William Reynolds William Gould Thdmas Blacksland William Ruston George Blacksland Peter Skipper John,Pettitt Miles Maskew Henry Kemble John Ruck Joseph Maddox John Blades Josiah Lucas • John Lucas William Daiwa John Eyken HaskettaSmitll Thomas Foster John Lodge Daniel Gossett Benjamin Watson Somon Ilillatt Richard Dixon Mark Woodhouse John Marten ames lacks Robert Eyles lames Yowl& John Morris §4}PPFI P4if MAILS. ARK rvisp—t z Waterford. Lisbon, x Cadiz, i Dublin, r Waterford. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols T H L U N• SOLEM QUIS DICIRE TALSUM AUDIEN'T LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1810. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived to-day. The fo lowing are its contents GOTHENBURG, APRIL 30.—Yesterday afternoon arrived in Haak Roads the British ship of war Prin cess Caroline, of 64 guns, together with a frigate and cutter of the same nation. VIENNA, MARCH 31.—8 y the Trieste Mail, which arrived to-day, intelligence has been received, that on the frontiers of Dalmatia and Bosnia, disturb ances have taken place, in consequence of which much blood has been shed. It is however hoped they soon will be quelled. From Orsova, Estafettes have been received, with the important intelligence that the Russians have made themselves masters of the Isle of Ostrava, i❑ the Danube, and thrown bridges from thence to . both banks of the river; they have also formed a junction with the Servians near Palania. All commu nication with Turkey is therefore again interrupted. —(Stockholm Gazette, April 25.) Yesterday a Meeting of the Livery of London was held in Guildhall, at which a Petition to the House of Commons, an Address to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, and several Resolutions, were agreed to. We have given the substance of the speeches whiCh were made on the occasion, but we regret to state, that s ome of them were of so inflammatory a nature, that it would not be consistent either with propriety or safety to give them in detail. The language of one of the Speakers was indeed so violent, that it ex-- cited, we understand, the disapprobation even of the framers of the Petition. The same degree of violence prevailed yesterday at Guildhall as at the Meeting at Hackney. No man who ventured to maintain an opi nion hostile to that of the majority was allowed a hearing, while every wild and extravagant sentiment, and every' offensive expression, was received with shouts of applause. We cannot but view these pro ceedings with the 'deepest regret; at the same time, perhaps, it is fortunate that the party have spoken out, and shewn their real designs. All men of real loyalty, and who feel a sincere attachment to the Constitution, must now be put upon theirguard; they must see that there is a real intention of overturning that Constitution, and of introducing some wild and extravagant changes, under the eeluding title of " Reform." The Democratic party yesterday again took an opportunity of expressing their utter dislike of the present Opposition ; even Mr. WHIT BREAD, after-all his sacrifices and all his humilia tions, was again singled out as an object of repro bation ; he was described as an object of suspicion, as " a decoy duck," to induce the Patriots to give their confidence to the party with which he is asso ciated. What effe6l these proceedings will produce upon the minds of Lord GRENVILLE and Lord GREY we do not know ; but we should suppose that they must excite in their minds sentiments of the deepest regret for their refusal, at such an awful and critical jun&ure, to afford their assistance in strengthening the Government of the Country; and we trust that they will have the effe& of convincing all men really attached to the British Constitution, of the necessity of standing forward at this junaure to save the Empire from those horrors which simi lar proceedings have prodUced in other Countries. HIS MAJESTY, accompanied by the Duke of KENT, look an airing in Windsor Park yesterday. Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH IS appointed Governor of Newfoundland. The Boston Gazette says, that Mr. Secretary GA LLATIN, of Washington, had disposed of large quantities of the national lands, and pocketed the money, and that he is stated to be In default above thirteen millions of dollars. ft was yesterday reported in the City, that one of the vessels just arrived at Portsmouth from the Mediterranean, had brought an account of the ene my having been compelled to raise the siege of Cadiz, and retire into the interior. The letters from Gottenburgh express much gra tification at the arrival of the convoy from England, one day before the Decree for prohibiting the en trance of British vessels began to operate. The Prussian General LESTdY, it is said, is now on his way to London; but the nature of his mission is not mentioned. It is stated in an article from Stock holm, that letters of recal have been sent to the Swedish Envoy at London. Accounts have been lately received from the island of Goree, down to the middle of March; which give favourable information regarding the state of that settlement. The garrison had been reinforced with a strong detachment of the 'Royal Atlicin corps from this country, and was healthy. No ap prehensions were entertained for the safety of the Colony, and provisions were plentiful when our advices were dated. Lord SoNEßvtLt.g's Second day's Sale of his Merino was on Thursday. The following was the.result of the two day's Sale : —228 Merinos §o4l for no less qop -. 92101, 55. 6d. NAVAL NEWS: PORTSMOUTH, MAY 4.—1-lk Majesty's ship•Sar pedon is appointed convoy to the Downs. • Came in this day his Majesty's ships Royal Oak and Donegal from a cruize off Cherbourgh. Arrived his Majesty's ship Sarpedon from the Eastward ; Edward from Morlaix. Sailed his Majesty's ship Fylla, with a , convoy for Guernsey ; also the Jenny and Phcebe, SMlT sev ; Acorn, WILLIAMSON, and Swift, ---, for Sunderland ; also the Fanny, -, from London. Came irilast night his Majesty's ships Jamaica and Blossom from the Mediterranean, with an homeward-bound convoy, which have proceeded to the Downs. Went out of harbour his Majesty's ship Pyramus to Spithead. PLYMOUTH, MAY 3.—The vessel reported to be re-taker. by the Black Juke lugger is not yet arrived, as erroneously stated yesterday. Arrived his Majesty's ship Royalist from Ports mouth ; the Illorrestown hired brig, with a convoy from Wales; the ship Palace, of Gretnock, ROBERTS master,. from New Brunswick, laden with timber, &c. bound to this Port for orders ; the Pappenburgh galliot, iDe Twee Gebroeders from Liverpool, laden with coefee and sugar, bound to Heligoland ; the Prussian ship Emma, SMIDT master, from Fowey, laden with wine, bound to Sheerness, put in here for orders '; the Pappenburgh brig Mari ana, SMIDT master, from Liverpool. Sailed the Arrow schooner to the Westward. The sloop Tiger, of this Port, Capt. COATS, laden with culm, from Swansea, went ashore this morning in Mill.bayo.vhere she remains, but is expeded to be got off. DEAL, MAY 4.—Came down from the River the Carmarthen and Juliana East Indiamen, and several other ships ; and sailed this afternoon, under convoy of the Trinculo sloop of war, for . Portsmouth, with the_ Thomas Grenville East Indiaman, and -three other ships. SHEERNESS, MAY 4.—The ships collected here since the 22d fur the 13,thic, sailed this day for Yarmouth Roads, under convoy of the Sterling gun brig. _ The Richmond gun-brig, that sailed from hence on the 2tl inst. with the Heligoland convoy, is on shore on the Gunfleet Sand, in the Swin. The CeVinel gun-brig is gone to proceed with the fleet. Arrived from Chatham the POiaiers, 74, Capt. BERESFORD ; Ardent, 64, Captaitr HONEYMAN j and the Ruby, 64, Capt. WII.LI A MS. It being apprehended, from the conduct pursued by Mr. WAITHMAN, and the rest of the Burdettite 'faEtion, at the Hackney Meeting, that the Resolu tions intended to be proposed at the Common Hall would be equally, if not more violent, several re speetable Liverymen agreed to meet yesterday even ing,.to consider of the best means of counteracting. the mischievous designs of . this desperate party ; they accordingly addressed a Circular, in general terms, to about forty Liverymen, who were consi dered as attached to the Constitution and genuine Liberties of the People, requesting their attendance at the London Tavern, after the Common Hall. On assembling they, however, found, that the cir, cular had been re-printed, and most industriously circulated by that virtuous and active. Citizen, who lives near Snowhill, amongst the Livery at Guild- , hall; in consequence of which Mr. WAITHMAN., his newly acquired friend, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. HURLOCK, and others of his party, made their ap= pearance; and although it was stated that the Liverymen who had summoned the meeting, had met There to express their dissent to the Resolutions of the Common Hall, these worthy patriots com menced their harangues, and created such confu sion and violence that the loyal and in,lependllt party were obliged to adjourn into another room, where they agreed to the Address inserted in an other part of our Paper. In the mean while, the Burdettitzs harangued the people in the great room ; and at last placed a Chairman of their owl; at the opposite end of the table to that where Mr. Alder man SMITH sat, and entered into some Resolutions, the sense of which could not, amidst the uproar, be well colleeted. The behaviour of these p.irties was most indecently outrageous ; it, however, led to many strong observations on the condua of Mr. WAITHMAN, and it is probable some of the allu sions which were made, could not fail to bring to his recoleClion circumstances not altogether pleas ing t' to his feelings. Mr. WAITHNiAN received such a set down yester day at the London Tavern, as obliged him to retire in confusion. He was clamouring (or somebody to be put into the Chair, in •a Meeting into which he and his party intruded themselves.--An honest Li veryman bid him propose " the Ghost of Lord KENYON." This allusion to a trial in which his Lordship was particularlyfinTibie in expressing his opinion of Mr. WAITHMAN, quite disconcerted the patriotic Linen-draper, and he immediately made a chop fallen retreat. A splendid car is building, (or the reception of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, who, it seems, Is to ascend tois tl iumplial vehicle at the gate of the Tower, on the day of his deliverance, which will be that of course Qn which Varlignent is nropggeci. COMMON HALL. Yesterday a Common Hall was assembled st Guildhall, pursuant to a Requisition addressed to tl.e Lord Mayor---"- To take into consideration the alarming assumption of privilege by the Honourab!e . the House of Commons, of arresting and imprison ing, during pleasure, the People of England, for offences cognizable in . the usual Court s o f L aw ." The Lord Mayer, followed by the Aldermen.- - Sir W. Curtis, Combe, Sir C. Price, Sir J. Shaw, Sir M. Bloxam; J. J. Smith, &c. came on the Hot' ings soon after one o'clock ; and' the Crier having demanded silence, Mr. FAVELL came forward to move certain ,Resn' lutions. He observed, that he could not for one moment believe bat that the Livery were impressed with the solemnity of the occasion on which theft were assembled—that they were really in earnest in defending their rights, for he could as seriously tell them, that if they did not, they were likely to lose them. On a former occasion, he had told theta (though he was not then aware of the extraordinary events which had since occurred), that there were symptoms of infringement on their rights—that the doors of Parliament were shut against freemen , and that all they would have to do would be to per form the solemn dirge over the liberties of E n glaesL Those great and fundamental supporters of our Con stitution, Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights,were invaded; public spirit was attacked, and the people were told that they had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them ; and as to the taxes—, why --they mist pay them. The question for consideration this day was, whether the people would submit to a ri; gour beyond the law ? In short, the country stoou'• as such, that he was jultified in advising them to as with moderation—moderation was desirable. Th e most moderate men, they kisew well, would not execute a warrant by an armed force. When the people were anxious to inquire into the lavish waste of blood and treasure, was it nova dire insult f 0 find the doors of inisfuiry closed, and to be left ill the dark ? . On the subject of moderation, an Hon. Member for Cambridge (Mr. C. Yorke), who had shut the doors against the people, received a good hint, they did n o t b e li eve i n hi s mo d erat i on, but notwithstanding he was taken into his Majesty's Councils. Talk of moderation !—Why he would ask them, suppose his house was on fire, would they expel him to tell them to play the engines mode' rately ? Suppose he was in a ship, and it was leaky , would he direa the sailors to play the pumps al°' derately ? Tae question of to-day was the most in... teresting that had come under their consideration for some time—it was more i n t erest i ng t h an t h a t 01 e General Warrants, yet it was not a new question,,, for it had been discussed in the commencement nr the present century, when the Lords addressed Queen Anne--in which • address they denied the right of one branch of the Legislature committing to prison, and declared, that if they assumed that right, the people of England ceased to be freenleP• i So it was at present ; and he wa s p ersua d e d, that the House of Commons impris one d one h a lf of tlla people, they could not persuade the other half that they had the right. With respe,A to their imprison meat of Sir F. Burden, it reminded him of a WI in Lucian, in which Jupiter and a Countryma n entered into argument; when, finding that ELI Countryman had the bett e r o f t h e argumen t, J'P , peter shewed him his thunder, which he did n9` like. So in the case of Sir Francis, the Hoois, finding the Honourable Baronet had the best of th e argument, poured down its thunder on his head' The 'Worthy Baronet was suffering for advocating the rights of the people. Such was the fate of al. true supporters of the State, whO in the l angu age.° a celebrated writer, were "Those men, those nighr minded men, whe knew their rights, and (W e e , maintain them." The substantial cure for 111 5 abuses which had crept i n w as R e f orm , an d i.e ' 4 ' s one of tho s e who thought, " n ot w i t h stan di ng th e crimes of the Government, t h at E ng l an d was worth fighting for, and consequently worth reforming' The great national wealth, s pi ri t, an d energy of people, placed it beyond comparison with othe r , countries, although nearly overwhelmed an d sw ab s up by the locust s o f co r ru p t i on . If h e were called on a Special Jury, to give evidence, he woul d say, that the greatest enemi e s t o th e i r countr y were the men who opposed Reform, and su ff ere d abuse to exist. Mr. F, then adverted to the opinions great men in former times, in support of his p o sitio . n r ; and noticed the opinion of Se c r etar y B ur l e i g h, i d Queen Eiizaheth's reign, who saA, " that if Engle°, was undone, it would be by a corrupt Parliameo In 174 i, Sir John Barnard, Li his speeches on Be , form, had stieneously urged the necessity of s hort' ening tee duration.ot Parliament. At t h at time 11 a 3 d great Lord Chatham,- then a v er y young man, h told he House of the necessity of excluding plac e : men and all such persons as would implicitly 0 13e - 1 tho nod of Ministers. Mr: Fox, in 1780, had iti ( i eonnnended similar measures of R e f orm . H e 54,00 make one alluston mote, a n d th at was to t h e s pec' e of Colonel Bane 40 years hick in th e House 0 , ! Commons, which was a candid app ea l t o th e sober people of England, which the Ministers of this daf t would say arose out of jacobinism and f a cti o n; were they afraid of jaeobinism S What then 0 ,-0111 , c1 they think of the speech of Col. B a rre, w h o among - other thioes said; " I wish that I eever had the hn' nour, or rather I should say the dishonour, of sitting in this House. De you tuem to bring a ll me n tea level with yourselves ? the manner in which yog i vote, which you think is a sectc.t, is not so. I wrl speak . daggers to your souls, which must, if you hate any feelings, make them a he!! of guilt and, refleation. You hav e fl agrant ly v i o l ate d tie law or the land ; you Lave sent freemen to your bootless who had the the courage and virtue to defend 016 freedom of your country,. &c."—After this speech the Colonel, w.ith the whole of the Opposition, as if °tic man, arose, and left the House. Mr. f. concluded, atter in king some further allusions I .° his own personal exertions some years since, in cols; cert with Sir W. Jones, the D u k e o f Richmond, ant other friends of Reform, and conjuring the Liver}' to rdlly round its standard, with moving the ResolLl - He then stated, that aster the kesolution i were adopted, he should propose a Petition to tl' House ot Commons. He then read his Resolution'' Mr. WAITEIMAN seconded th e 'R eso l u tions, and observed that the question under di , cus;rion had beo ll must ably discussed by the puniic prints, which wa s an honour to the country. He was aware that arts would be wade use of to impress it on the pll4li° ' r th e C um , ver;, Tll4 tied. 1 I I I t Ref tOt; PI:1( tin %Viti